Dispersion (water waves)

Water wave dispersion - water waves of different wavelengths travel at different phase speeds. Article “Dispersion (water waves)” in English Wikipedia has 65.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 31 references and 19 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Dispersion (water waves)”, its content was written by 48 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 96 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 268 times in English Wikipedia and cited 588 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #54530 in July 2012
• Global: #123402 in April 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #113919 in November 2013
• Global: #176198 in November 2013

There are 8 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Dispersion (water waves)		65.6928
2	Lithuanian (lt) Vandens bangų dispersija		33.3005
3	Ukrainian (uk) Дисперсія хвилі		23.8508
4	Persian (fa) پاشش (امواج آب)		8.1957
5	Russian (ru) Дисперсия волн		8.1264
6	Esperanto (eo) Disperso (ondo)		1.465
7	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Dispersjon av vassbølgjer		1.2205
8	Armenian (hy) Ալիքների դիսպերսիա		0.2076

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Dispersion (water waves)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Dispersion (water waves)		1 032 786
2	Russian (ru) Дисперсия волн		209 771
3	Ukrainian (uk) Дисперсія хвилі		25 182
4	Persian (fa) پاشش (امواج آب)		13 179
5	Lithuanian (lt) Vandens bangų dispersija		10 122
6	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Dispersjon av vassbølgjer		2 908
7	Esperanto (eo) Disperso (ondo)		2 202
8	Armenian (hy) Ալիքների դիսպերսիա		982

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Dispersion (water waves)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Dispersion (water waves)		2 404
2	Russian (ru) Дисперсия волн		355
3	Ukrainian (uk) Дисперсія хвилі		24
4	Persian (fa) پاشش (امواج آب)		23
5	Lithuanian (lt) Vandens bangų dispersija		15
6	Armenian (hy) Ալիքների դիսպերսիա		10
7	Esperanto (eo) Disperso (ondo)		8
8	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Dispersjon av vassbølgjer		4

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Dispersion (water waves)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Dispersion (water waves)		48
2	Russian (ru) Дисперсия волн		12
3	Persian (fa) پاشش (امواج آب)		10
4	Ukrainian (uk) Дисперсія хвилі		10
5	Lithuanian (lt) Vandens bangų dispersija		7
6	Armenian (hy) Ալիքների դիսպերսիա		5
7	Esperanto (eo) Disperso (ondo)		2
8	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Dispersjon av vassbølgjer		2

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Dispersion (water waves)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Dispersion (water waves)		0
2	Esperanto (eo) Disperso (ondo)		0
3	Persian (fa) پاشش (امواج آب)		0
4	Armenian (hy) Ալիքների դիսպերսիա		0
5	Lithuanian (lt) Vandens bangų dispersija		0
6	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Dispersjon av vassbølgjer		0
7	Russian (ru) Дисперсия волн		0
8	Ukrainian (uk) Дисперсія хвилі		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Dispersion (water waves)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Dispersion (water waves)		268
2	Persian (fa) پاشش (امواج آب)		154
3	Ukrainian (uk) Дисперсія хвилі		116
4	Russian (ru) Дисперсия волн		35
5	Esperanto (eo) Disperso (ondo)		8
6	Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn) Dispersjon av vassbølgjer		3
7	Armenian (hy) Ալիքների դիսպերսիա		2
8	Lithuanian (lt) Vandens bangų dispersija		2

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#	Language	Value
en	English Dispersion (water waves)
eo	Esperanto Disperso (ondo)
fa	Persian پاشش (امواج آب)
hy	Armenian Ալիքների դիսպերսիա
lt	Lithuanian Vandens bangų dispersija
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Dispersjon av vassbølgjer
ru	Russian Дисперсия волн
uk	Ukrainian Дисперсія хвилі

Best Rank

English: #113919 11.2013

Global: #176198 11.2013

Best Rank

English: #54530 07.2012

Global: #123402 04.2005

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